Parole Board: Labour Turnover Chris Huhne To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) caseworkers, (b) administrative staff at administrative officer or executive officer level and (c) staff at higher executive officer level or above were recruited to work at the Parole Board in each of the last five years; and how many of those positions were advertised (i) internally only and (ii) internally and externally. Bridget Prentice Figures where Parole Board posts were advertised are available only for the last three years. The following table sets out the information available: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Grade |2006-07 |2007-08 |2008-09 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Administrative assistant |0 |0 |2 external only | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Administrative officer |3 internal and external |5 internal and external |4 internal and external | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Executive officer |2 internal and external. 1 external only|1 internal only. 3 internal and external. 1 external only|18 internal and external | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Higher executive officer and above|2 external only |3 external only |4 internal and external. 4 external only| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chris Huhne To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) caseworkers, (b) administrative staff at administrative officer or executive officer level and (c) staff at higher executive officer level or above have left the employment of the Parole Board in each of the last five years. Bridget Prentice The number of staff, by grade, that have left the Parole Board, is set out in the following table: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |2004-05|2005-06|2006-07|2007-08|2008-09| ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Administrative assistant (AA) |2 |1 |0 |0 |0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Administrative officer (AO) |2 |8 |7 |5 |8 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Executive officer (EO) |0 |1 |3 |2 |9 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Higher executive officer (HEO)|1 |1 |1 |1 |2 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Senior executive officer (SEO)|0 |0 |1 |0 |1 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Secretary/personal secretary |0 |1 |0 |0 |0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Typist |0 |0 |1 |0 |1 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Grade 7 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------